One Love, One Heart ... Visiting the Bob Marley Museum in Kingston Jamaica
After a pleasant ride through Kingston and enjoying the freshness of some Jamaican rain, I arrived at my next stop in Kingston, the Bob Marley Museum.
Fruit stand along the road in Kingston.
The Bob Marley Museum is the original building where Bob Marley lived and recorded from 1975 till he died. Six years after Bob Marley died his wife Rita Marley converted the house into a museum. The museum is a large, creaky, colonial-era wooden house, featuring 19th-century architecture.
Original colonia-era wooden house of Bob Marley.
When entering the property you will see a statue of the legendary Mr. Bob Marley.
Inside the home you can see Bob Marley’s personal treasure. There are gold and platinum records alongside the walls (Exodus, Uprising, an Legend). You can also see many prestigious awards of Bob. Other things to observe are Rastafarian religious cloaks, Bob Marley’s favorite denim shirt and the Order of Merit given to him by the Jamaican government.
On the second floor of the home are the bedrooms. One of the rooms displays media clippings of Bob Marley’s superstar life. Another room is a model of Bob Marley’s original record shop, Wail’n Soul. The most fascinating room is Marley’s bedroom, which is left just as it was, unadorned, with his favorite star-shaped guitar resting by his bedside. In this bedroom an assassination attempt was made on Bob Marley. You can still see the gunshots in the walls.
You are not allowed to take pictures inside the home that is why I cannot provide you any pictures of the inside of the main museum.
Besides the main museum there is also an 80-seat theater, a photographic gallery, a record shop, a gift shop and a cafe, the One Love Cafe, which sells some of Marley’s favorite food and drink.
Man playing the drum.
Although it was not possible to take pictures inside the museum, the outside of the museum provided the possibility to capture a vibrant atmosphere. As a contrast to the very simplistic house, the surroundings are decorated by beautiful murals portraying Bob Marley’s life and his family.
Mural of Bob Marley and his family; Bob playing football.
Mural of Bob Marley and the Rastafarian concept.
Mural of Bob Marley performing.
An artistic portraying of Bob's famous song "No woman no cry".
This tour was very impressive and gave a lot to think about. I share this quote by Bob Marley with you, please give it a thought:
“Live for yourself and you will live in vain. Live for others, and you will live again.”